Jig fish lure

Abstract

A jig fish lure having a body and a hook attached to the body. An eye allows attachment of fishing line to the lure. The eye is located to the rear of the body, in a recess behind the body itself, with a cavity in front of the recess, so that fish line knotted to the eye is shielded by the body of the lure. The fishing line is led from the front of the body to the eye in the rear through a passage through the body. Weed guards may optionally be provided.

1 . A jig fish lure comprising: 
 a) a weighted body having a front and a rear, and an upper surface and a lower surface, the body having a recess across the lower surface of the body extending from the rear of the body toward the front of the body, a cavity extending from the recess further into the lower surface of the body toward the front of the body, and a passage extending from the front of the body to the cavity;    b) a hook extending from the rear of the body;    c) an eye for attaching fishing line, located in the recess adjacent the rear of the body; and    d) the recess and the cavity having a sufficient depth so that the eye does not extend below the lower surface of the body;    such that when a line is passed through the passage into the cavity and tied in a knot around the eye in the recess, the knot is shielded by the body.    
   
   
       2 . The jig fish lure of  claim 1 , in which the cavity is centered relative to a centerline of the body.  
   
   
       3 . The jig fish lure of  claim 1 , in which the passage is a tunnel through the body.  
   
   
       4 . The jig fish lure of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one weed guard attached to the body and shielding the hook.